What are the mechanisms and clinical implications of post-exercise hypotension in humans?
Post-exercise hypotension is a common physiological response to moderate-intensity exercise, particularly pronounced in hypertensive individuals, driven by reduced vascular resistance.
Post-exercise hypotension is common after moderate-intensity dynamic exercise. It results from persistent reductions in vascular resistance mediated by the autonomic nervous system and vasodilator substances. These effects appear more pronounced and last longer in hypertensive individuals. Post-exercise hypotension may also play an important role in plasma volume recovery after exercise.
John R. Halliwill (Sun,) studied this question.